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Prop 59

Posted by Sam Felsing5sc on September 07, 2016

Prop 59

Asks whether California’s elected officials should use their authority to propose and ratify an amendment to the federal Constitution overturning the United States Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.

Citizens United ruled that laws placing certain limits on political spending by corporations and unions are unconstitutional.

States that the proposed amendment should clarify that corporations should not have the same constitutional rights as human beings.